it's a monday for sure.

It's definitely a Monday... and it's going to be a busy week.

Natalie Portman is so stinkin' pretty! 

I want her hair. 

~

I've been working on my "personal identity" work for my graphic

design independent study, and this is what I've come up with 

as an alternative to my old-fashioned lettering.

 This is a crappy screenshot... 

but it's available in orange, green, and blue!

(orange being my favorite) 

~

Watch "Monday Monday" here. 

(love the Mama's and the Papa's)

fashion inspiration

Fashion is a constant source of inspiration for me. 

Call me crazy, but sometimes the lines and subject that pop out of 

wild photos make my little artist heart oh so happy. 

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we 

have to alter it every six months."

- Oscar Wilde

images via:

Fashion Gone Rogue, Garance Dore, and me. 

absurdly cute.

These photos from Sharon Montrose are so darling! 

Who can resist baby animals? 

It seems every time I visit her blog (one of my personal favorites), 

I can't help but sigh from the excessive cuteness oozing from her page.

Plus, her prints are so affordable. Perhaps I'll purchase one?

is it thanksgiving yet?

This week is only 2.5 days long, here at St. Jose's.

That's 2.5 days too long, if you ask me. 

Is it Thanksgiving yet??

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I've been working on my "professional look" this past week, 

and have come up with something along the lines of this: 

It's strictly a rough draft, but you've got to start somewhere. 

By the end of 2.5 days, I'll probably have 50 different 

versions of it to choose from, wreck, and start over with. 

I think I have graphic design ADD. 

This CD case is mad cool (and I love it):

(via SeeSaw Designs)

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I really like the idea of "trash couture." 

It's been a source of inspiration for my thesis project. 

I guess I just like the grittiness of it.  

(via Fashion Gone Rogue)

Too bad my thesis isn't on fashion!

a little inspiration...

I've been given the task of creating a "company look" 

for myself this week. I have to do stationary, business cards,

site framework, and packaging themes that all keep a 

coherent theme. I started drawing blanks, so I figured 

I'd grab some inspiration from that thing 

Al Gore invented (the www). 

I started browsing Fashion Gone Rogue in hopes of 

finding my favorite Harper's Bazaar photospread ever. 

It's title page has a fabulous color scheme with really 

great seriff fonts all arranged... 

and then 1940s style photos taken by Peter Lindbergh. 

(this is the title page that I love so much)

(samples of the fabulous photos)

Of course, after browsing Fashion Gone Rogue for a while, 

I got completely distracted and found these: 

Source: Amica December 2009 -- Judith Bedard by Eric Nehr

But, of course, I had to get back on task 

(thanks, Al Gore for the distraction-tool of the century!). 

So... I came upon some of these great ideas:

(from Sarah Drake Design) 

This is something I did for my News Layout class 

last semester... maybe something along those lines? 

I like having an animal on my card. I am, after all, 

an animal nut. Who knows... I'll think of something at 

2am sometime, and wake up my roommate trying 

to write it all down. Hopefully that'll be soon!